It has been a great year for me in my quest to observe, hear, photograph, sound record, and generally learn more about woodpeckers. And m...

Adult female Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius. Photo taken in Austria, by Thomas Hochebner.

Following on from the last post, of a lilfordi race White-backed Woodpecker, here is the nominate  Dendrocopos leucotos leucotos . An adu...

Adult male White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos , race lilfordi (sometimes called Lilford's Woodpecker).   Irati Forest, Nava...

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla . Paklenica, Croatia, June 2015 (Gerard Gorman).

Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius , Estonia, Gerard Gorman. The sexes are almost identical and often impossible to visually te...

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos minor ) is Europe's smallest picid. This is a male: females lack red on the crown. Budapest, ...